No longer the fashionable, imaginative side that so many neutrals fell for in past seasons, the Swans poor form has raised question marks around the future of manager Michael Laudrup.

Rumors have flown on both ends – that Laudrup is readying to leave the club and that the club is ready to send the manager packing. Having lost six of the last eight Premier League matches tends to germinate rumors like that.

When asked about their accuracy on Monday, Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins told reporters that the the club has not met with the manager regarding his future.

“I haven’t heard anything in reference to Michael and neither have we met, or discussed, or done anything about Michael,” said Jenkins. “A couple of us did actually meet up on Sunday morning to have a cup of coffee like we normally do. That’s as simple as it was. That’s where the first rumor came from. It’s difficult for me to say anything because there isn’t anything to discuss.”

Jenkins went on to add that the rumors were spawned by the club’s poor form. “When you end up losing matches, when everything is so tight at the bottom of the Premier League, you get rumors and you get stories. We have had them for many weeks. If we win everything is fine. If we lose it’s not.”

It’s a fair point. But so too is mentioning that Laudrup has long been coveted by major clubs throughout Europe and was believed to be on both Real Madrid and Barcelona’s radars last summer before hiring Carlo Ancelotti and Tata Martino, respectively.

Those rumors, combined with Laudrup’s fractious relationship with Jenkins regarding, among other things, transfer funds, had many feeling like Laudrup’s time at the Liberty Stadium was coming to an end. But the Dane stuck it out, claiming he was happy at the club and looking forward to managing a side through Europe.

Things in the Europa League have gone well for Laudrup thus far but domestically it’s been a nightmare for the Swans. Long term injuries to striker Michu and goalkeeper Michel Vorm have come as major blows to the club that seems to have lost the zestful enthusiasm with which they once played.

So far this season six of the 20 Premier League clubs have fired their managers.